Contact Information: For more information contact: Dean Layton VP, Marketing and Sales EnviroLogix Inc. 500 Riverside Industrial Parkway Portland, ME 04103-1486 Toll Free: 866-408-4597
EnviroLogix Announces USDA-GIPSA Approval for DON Test Kit
| Source: EnviroLogix
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - July 9, 2007) - The USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) today announced that the QuickTox™ Kit
for DON has received its Certificate of Performance. Now a cost-effective
solution for rapid screening for DON is available for grain handlers
everywhere. With no special equipment required, no filtering, and no toxic
solvents, the QuickTox Kit offers accurate, reliable, easy-to-read results
for a 2 ppm screen in five minutes.
Dean Layton, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, knows how important this
approval is to customers. "We at EnviroLogix are pleased to announce that
we are able to provide our customers with a superior test for DON that has
GIPSA approval. This is great news for customers who have come to rely on
our expertise in designing simple-to-use tests with the utmost quality and
accuracy."
Deoxynivalenol (DON), also called vomitoxin, can cause a multitude of
negative consequences. For flour millers, it can produce off color/off
taste flour if not detected; the resulting lower gluten strength adversely
affects its bread- and pasta-making properties. DON also impacts the
livestock feed and pet food industries, interfering with acceptance of feed
and animal growth.
Because of the its widening geographical occurrence and unpredictability of
seasonal weather patterns, grain handlers will need to perform DON testing
more regularly. The QuickTox Kit offers a rapid on-site solution to the
need for accurate segregation decisions. It joins our growing family of
GIPSA-certified kits, including the first lateral flow mycotoxin test to be
certified by USDA-GIPSA, QuickTox Kit for Aflatoxin.
Scott Clark, R&D Manager, echoes the importance of the approval,
"USDA-GIPSA certification for the QuickTox Kit for DON provides objective
third-party confirmation of the test's accuracy. Users testing for
deoxynivalenol can now be sure that, along with its ease of use and speed,
the test results are valid for compliance with established guidelines."
More information on the QuickTox Kit for DON (Catalog No. AS 104 BG) is
available on our website (www.envirologix.com), or by calling
1-866-408-4597. EnviroLogix develops and manufactures immunoassay test
kits for the food safety, water quality, plant pathogen, and indoor air
quality markets, along with offering custom antibody and assay development
services.
EnviroLogix, the EnviroLogix logo and QuickTox are trademarks of
EnviroLogix Inc.